/a.mu.ʁø/
love; in love
“triangle amoureux” — love triangle
Inherited from Middle French amoureux, from Old French amoreus, amereus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”, noun). Compare English amorous, borrowed from Middle French. Doublet of amoroso, borrowed from Italian.
lover (one who romantically loves a person)
“Near-synonyms: amant, copain, conjoint”
Synonyms: amant, copain, conjoint
Inherited from Middle French amoureux, from Old French amoreus, amereus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”, noun). Compare English amorous, borrowed from Middle French. Doublet of amoroso, borrowed from Italian.